Signature School

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Location
Signature School
Evansville, Indiana, USA
Information
Locale	Mid-size city
Principal	Vicki Snyder
Students	about 300
Type	charter high school, International Baccalaureate Programme
Grades	9-12
Athletics	Cross Country, Golf, and Track
Mascot	none
Established	2002
Homepage	Signature School

Signature School is a charter high school located in downtown Evansville, Indiana. The school opened in 2002 and is Indiana's first public charter high school. From 1992 to 2001, it operated as a satellite school for the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation. In 2006, it was named the 54th best public high school in the United States by Newsweek magazine.^[1] In 2007, Signature School was awarded one of the best schools nationwide. It was #86 out of about 22,000 schools and was the only school in Indiana to receive this award. Within this same article, Signature School was listed as one of the top 10 charter schools in the United States. ^[2]In 2008, the school again made Newsweek's Top 100 Best High Schools list by placing 99th. Like any public school, Signature School is free and open to the public.

The school offers students three major study paths: math and science, fine and performing arts, or liberal arts/humanities. Signature School has been accepted into the International Baccalaureate Programme.^[3]

The foreign languages offered at the school are French, German, Arabic, Chinese, and Spanish. Chinese will be offered only for the 2007–2008 school year.

The school currently has a total enrollment of 302 students. The school was founded in part by the current principal Vicki Snyder. Signature School prides itself on offering challenging courses for the "self-motivated learner" and for being different from other area schools. The student to teacher ratio is 20 to 1.

Unlike other High Schools, Signature students do not eat in a school cafeteria, but at one of the numerous restaurants located in downtown Evansville. Students who bring their lunch may also elect to eat across the street from the school in the upper level of the Signature School Science Center. Students sign up each morning for a restaurant and sign in with a teacher assigned to that restaurant.

Signature School has a focus on academics and the arts.